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From: fyl@ssc.UUCP (Phil Hughes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: HP Desk Jet - Opinions
Message-ID: <172@ssc.UUCP>
Date: 12 Sep 89 18:04:18 GMT
References: <12416@athertn.Atherton.COM> <3080@cbnewsc.ATT.COM>
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Organization: SSC, Inc., Seattle, WA
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In article <3080@cbnewsc.ATT.COM>, tjr@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (thomas.j.roberts) writes:
> BEWARE: the DeskJet has problems with page-length, due to its inability
> to print on the last 1/2 inch of a page.
> If you simply cat (or type) a file to it (one that is merely a series
> of lines, no Form-Feeds). It will either:
> 
> 	a) work fine, skipping the first and last 3 lines per page
> 	   (Perf-skip mode on)
> 	b) print 63 lines on Page 1, 3 lines on Page 2, 63 lines on Page 3,
> 	   3 lines on page 4, etc... (Perf-skip mode off)

And the third option is to tell the printer to print 66 lines in
the space of 63.  It squishes the entire page a little but works fine.
-- 
Phil Hughes, SSC, Inc. P.O. Box 55549, Seattle, WA 98155  (206)FOR-UNIX
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